Tonight was a big night for the Raider girls basketball team as they hit the road to take on Attleboro in the D1 South Quarterfinals. Would the Raiders play road warriors and keep their season alive, let’s find out!
Result for 3-3-16
Girls Basketball: Wellesley 43 Attleboro 32 D1 South Quarterfinals
Girls advance to take on Braintree in the D1 South Semifinals
More exciting tournament action tonight as the Raider boys hockey team squared off with Franklin in the first round of the D1 South bracket, being the 13th seed against the 4th seeded Panthers the Raiders were heavy underdogs but could the team pull off the upset, let’s find out!
Result for 3-2-16
Boys Hockey: Franklin 2 Wellesley 1 D1 South First Round
Boys finish the season 9-9-3. Congratulations on a great season and best of luck to the seniors in their future endeavors.
It was the first day of March and the first day of the tournament season as the Raider girls basketball team opened up D1 South Sectional play with a home game against Bridgewater Raynham. Would the heavily favored Raiders cruise to an opening round victory, let’s find out!
Result for 3-1-16
Girls Basketball: Wellesley 52 Bridgewater Raynham 28 D1 South First Round
Raiders advance to play at Attleboro Thursday
Well after tonight’s Super 8 play in games it is official now that the Raider boys hockey team will take on Franklin in the first round of the D1 South tournament. Time and date are still tba so stay tuned to this weeks schedule as as soon as it is announced I will post it there.
As the catchy holiday jingle goes, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year” and that it certainly is as we enter the postseason for the winter sports season. Like with any postseason this weeks schedule will be changing based on how teams fare so keep an eye out, here’s what we have so far.
Monday 2-29
No Games
Tuesday 3-1
Girls Basketball vs. Bridgewater Raynham D1 South First Round 6:30 pm
Wednesday 3-2
Boys Hockey vs. Franklin D1 South First Round (Loring Arena, Framingham) 5 pm
Thursday 3-3
Girls Basketball @ Attleboro D1 South Quarterfinals 6:30 pm
Friday 3-4
Girls Hockey vs. Leominster D2 firsr round (Babson) 5:30 pm
Saturday 3-5
No Games
Sunday 3-6
No Games
Today was the second of two days of MIAA bracket releases and we found out at least where the girls hockey team will be playing as they earned the 3 seed in D2 Girls. The girls will host the winner of Shrewsbury and Leominster on Friday night at 5:30 at Babson. Meanwhile the boys will have to wait till Monday night and the results of the super 8 play in game to get their official seeding and matchup in the tournament.
So exciting news today as the girls basketball tournament brackets were announced including for your Raider girls basketball team. The girls were seeded 5th in the D1 South Bracket and will host 12th seeded Bridgewater Raynham in the first round this coming Tuesday (March 1st) at 6:30 pm. Speaking of Raider hoops we have an answer to today’s trivia question. The first team that the Raider boys faced in the new high school gym was… Needham! The boys took on the Rockets in their home opener of the 2012-13 season, unfortunately falling to their archrivals. Congratulations to Rebekah Caron who is this weeks contest winner winning the two silver passes!
Today’s trivia includes two AMC Silver Passes up for grabs. The question on this lovely Friday is… who was the first opponent for the Raiders Boys Basketball team in the new high school gym? Answer and hopefully winner later tonight!
With a day off in between regular season games ending and tournament brackets being released beginning tomorrow, I figured i’d give you a little primer for the three Raider teams who will be beginning post season play next, girls hockey, boys hockey, and girls basketball.
We begin with girls hockey, who is looking for a 3rd straight trip to the TD Garden and the state finals under coach George Campbell. After having lost at the Garden the last two years this years team certainly had a chip on their shoulder and it showed in their play as they amassed a 15-2-2 regular season record, good for another Bay State Herget division title. Entering post-season play the Raiders are certainly one of the favorites in the D2 bracket and have shown they can get the job done on both ends of the ice, scoring 88 goals this season while only giving up 29. Can this team make it third times the charm remains to be seen but one things for certain, we are in for another fun tournament run with these girls.
Staying on the ice with the Raider boys hockey team under coach Paul Donato, who had some ups and downs this season but still qualified with a 10-9-1 overall record and definitely has the ability to surprise come tournament time in the always tough D1 South bracket. The team was led in goal this year by Andrew Johnston who amassed a 2.25 goals against average this year and certainly showed how much he had learned from predecessor Jack Maxwell and certainly is more than capable of keeping his team in any game. The boys scored 62 goals this season, good for second most in the Herget division and that goal scoring ability along with Johnston’s play in net is why this team despite their record is not a team to be taken likely once the tournament begins next week.
Finally we head over to the hardwood for the Raider girls basketball team who enjoyed one of their most successful seasons in recent memory under coach Glen Magpiong, as the team amassed an 18-2 record, winning the Herget division title. This team certainly relied on their defense this season and for good reason as this squad gave up a very impressive 32.9 points per game this season, including holding 2 time defending state champion Braintree to their lowest point total of the season (41). Their is no question this team is going to be hungry come tournament time and despite their section being one of the toughest in the state (D1 South) this teams abilities defensively along with that hunger and intensity make them a team that definitely has the potential to surprise a lot of people over these next couple of weeks.
It is the final winter sports regular season edition of the Raider Recap today as girls hockey closed out their regular season tonight in a big one against archrival Needham, whom they had already played once this season and lost to 6-1. Could the Raiders get the revenge they were looking for and head into the tournament on a high note, let’s find out!
Result for 2-24-16
Girls Hockey: Wellesley 3 Needham 3
